Windshield screen



NOV- 15, 1932' A. HolLAND ET AL 1,888,038

WNDSHIELD SCREEN Filed Nov. Z50. 1928 :IF Paawofwm akamu! Patented Nov.15, 1932l d UNITED.srlxrasflarp;1srpA ALBERT HOILAND AND PATRICK v.Molina, or Franse; Noia-.rnc nAiioirA Y WINDsnIELn SCREEN" Applicationnieanove'mber 20,1928. sensing. 322,1361'. Y i

Our invention relates to Va screen, particu larly adapted to lbe usedfor thewindshields of automobiles, and especially those of the# closedtype which have 'a vertical slideable Windshield; t

Y It is theobject of our invention to provide a screen'w'hich 'is outofsight when not iniuse and is automatically in place when thevvindshield is raisednto allown ventilation` Without anyadditional laboror inconvenience.v In this device, I provide an accessory with which itis possible to leave the Windshield open,

even Whenpassingthrough localities infested A With'rnosquitoes,1lies,`bees or other insects.

' A further object of our inventiontis to pro*V vide a me'ans to breakthe force of the'wind entering-throughthe open windshield of a car andlessen its force. This'isl an advantage in warm Weather when it isdesirable to have 2q' good ventilation AWithout. the undesirable forceof the strong Wind.

It is a feature of our invention to have the screen in sightvonly whenitis in use`,'thus. notmaterially de-tracting fromthe appear-v ance ofthe car, nor will it hinder the operaV` tion of the Windshield itself7being attached as an integral partv of the Windshield. l

vThe detailed construction of the` invention Y. .andthe advantagesthereof Will be more fully "i explained in connection Withthe accompanying drawing illustrating one embodiment thereof. Figure 1 is a frontview of my screen in place on the Windshield ofan automobile. o Figure 2is a cross section on the line 3 3 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective detailedview of aportion of my screen.v t

Figure 4 is an alternate form of construe# 0 tion showingV the screenembedded in the glass. l

Figure 5 is asection through the lower edge of the windshieldillustrated -in Figure et.

With particular reference to the drawing,

"l our screen A is adapted'to be vattached tothe windshield glass 10rofa car lB. InVFig'- ure l, We have illustrated my screen VA in place whenthe Windshield glass 10 .has been 'A raised to admit air forVentilationl through the front of the car. The constructionis Y may beattached' to'` the side of "the clamp i as shown igure '2 to enabletheWindshield 1 VpositionV and to vmake a tightv joint," e f shown indetailin Figure 2. f The AWindshield f glass l0 raises inthe grooves-11to allow the air to enter betweenthefbottoml edgej12iof `jfthelwindshield glassl() andthe upper edge 13 of the Windshield frame Cofthe auto1no` bile B. yThe particular form of bodycc'n-l structionlshown in the draWingpermits-'a portion of the air to be 'deflecteddOWnWard by the. insidedeliector plate 14, in order Vto force theVcoolyair to circulate near the floory l of the car, which being nearthe motor `of' fthe vehicle is apt to become uncomfortably"y Warm. Thisis aycomrnon construction used especially on F lshertype VV bodies`used'on l alarge 'number of automobiles. 5

Along the bottom edge l2 of the Windshield l0, We provide a U-shapedclamp 15 to Which c is attached the screenA. t This clamp lkmay bemadeWith spring' sides to hold the clamp firmly onto the` glass,Vv or it maybecemented" z Vpermanently to 'the lower edgefof the glass:V

as is desired.' The screen portion 16 may be fitted with a lightfframe17 of metal orothersuitable material -to 't keep' the-screen rigid andin place. :This'screen l'andframe 17 75k tohaveV a Widerseat 418 Yvvhenin :aiclosed An alternate construction of the screenis '80 shown inFigure 4.o Inthis view the screen is'shown embeddeddirectlyin the'glass, as

maybe very easily doneif' thevvindshieldv glass. is builtup of thinlayers of glassfvvith Celluloid in 'the center, fas is being done in 85'W some cases.V Thi'stypevofscreen vis shown without'a frame l5,the'screen being of suf- Y icien'tstiffness .to render theuse'of a frameThe OPQMOD'O theinvention veryfsim-j 90'-v P16- j AS lthe Screen isattached directlyV to theu glass, raising v the Windshield' glass willalso Q f vraiselthe screen to extend over the open area I intheWindshield, thus' enabling the'interior j of the car to be ventilatedwithoutjthe pos-y f.

sibi-lity of insects entering the" car. As this ltype of Windshieldordina'rilyjonly raises buti l a'short distance, the screen istat notime high enough toimp'air the'fvi'sion-ofranyV person Within theautomobile.' A

of glass 2O and 2l cover the iiller 2:2 las in- .adaptedtoberaisedup-anddownto openand close the-same, and afwire screenhavingone ATo., this: anchoring portion .embedded in In the winoshieldl() illustrated in Fioure 4, where the body of the windshield is made upof several layers of glass, such as 2O and 21 with a Celluloid orsimilar filler siichas 22 between the two panes oi glass 2O and 2l,

the screen A is adapted to be embedded :it 23 in the tillei' 22. Thisform. of windshield is: commonly known as *the shatterless glass type jThe window 10 of the automobile or Vehicle mayl bel the windshield'window or any other window of the automobile orvehicl'e and may beconstructed so that the layers erences to a certain constructionoic;car; and

specifica forni of windshield.VV It is rinden stood that the size and`shape would have to conform with the; windshield constructions.r

on. the variousl makes oiqcars. For example,V the windshield? glass on`some cars has a, straight lower edge l2, rather thanv the rounded; edgeas has been. shownin the drawing-,1v Y .s A 3 Inl accordance with thepatent statutes, we have described. theprinciplesoi'ioperation of, mywindshield: screen and whilewe have illustrated-` af particularformation; and con` stnuctioiiof theI same7 we desire, to have itunderstood that kthe illustrations are merely suggestive of a meansoijcarrying out- 4our invention and that other tormations, and de,-

sivnsmay be: employed within the scope of the followingclaims withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention.v

'We claimz.

l. A; windshield ii'icluding,4 a visiony pane edge integrally' connectedat all times alongv therr lower edge ot the vision. pane to provide ascreened openin'galong the lower edge of'v thewindshield; when itisopen.'l

2;. Al windshield formotor veh-iclesincluding,. a transparentybody-portion.V made up; of*

several layers of transparent material. Vand a screen fonclosingtheopenportion of the windshield when the; shield is raisedfo-rven-- tilationhaving; an. edge, embedded' between@ theelayers of saidwindshield..

- 3. 'A windshield for amoton vehicle. ing,.aslidabletranspareiit'window pane, said window panefbeingmadeeupotseveral layers t' of materiah. and ascreen projecting from the side: osaid windshieldliavine;- its edge embedded between the layers. of; thesame.

4. -A windshield for a motor. Vehicleii'icludissepss aan;

ing, a transparent shield member slidably positioned to raise and lowerthe same, and a screen having an edge secured integrally to the loweredge of said shield adapted to screen the opening when the shield israised. 1

5. A windshield slidable up and down ina :traine in a motor vehicle...and a screen carried by the lower edge .of the same, the at- Jcachingedge of said screen bei-ng embedded between the sides of the transparentshield along;y one edge thereof.

6. A window for a motor vehicle includving, a transparent body portionmade up of `several layers of transparent material, and

a` screen anchorhaving the edge thereof4 embedded between 4v*the layersof said transp arent bodyportion-along-an edge of the bod-ypor-v tion.

7. A window l1Cor a motor vehicle includ-` ingr,` a transparent bodymade up of several,

layers of transparent material', lan inner` tran'sparentmaterial betweenthe outer llayers having a ynatureto receive a screen-like-member.therebetween tov anchor the same therein. between the outersides ot anedge ofi-Elsaid body portion.

8. A window for a motor vehicle inclndf ing., abod'y'portion made: up.of seyerallayers ot transparent material, the outer layerson either sidebeing 'formed O''glaSS, tbeinner layenhaving a nature softer than glass,an d a member 'anchored in said inner member between saidouter sides ofglass adapted to project from the edge of ,the-window.

9;. Ashatter-proof window including a body made of several layers. oftransparent material7 and' aj member adapted tov support a screenvmarginally anchored in one edge o said window and projecting fromY theedge thereof. l

y ALBERT HOILAND.. v PATRICK. Y.` M-OHER..

